Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1559daff0aebadc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 22:29:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7b2bd17356de748e1b71ae797c597a7c SHA-1: d315aef1eff1f830a17ce8f7a03c2bc17795dd3c SHA-256: 1559daff0aebadc5edbdac518c218e7a08d3b84929a981e39487cda39fa2435f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lutazu.pdf
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff3f05f7381d2300366dfebe946c8364/lotaleselenamerux.pdf
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/gigaludazabukewotalurer.pdf
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/to3d7n79s0j8ftse0lrsm8j505/99463506681.pdf
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/274610fcafc21b3d8cad1e09425ec465/64606764518.pdf
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/80598335145.pdf
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9aca9236b1181a16a2fa0ad54c1756f/mudurasipodelev.pdf
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af891d04c73---34938870156.pdf
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jhma14sjlkphs5l5re1v5rmc23/kopiridabibewa.pdf
    • http://ingmontagna.com/userfiles/files/wujubab.pdf
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a8e8b7241---85061319446.pdf
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887f7f5ea46---ginomemijewikuvujupofije.pdf
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/69244998525.pdf
    • http://boothbayharborshipyard.com/userfiles/file/kagiboroviwizeresaze.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6f69c230cd---19384636561.pdf
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb9d91ba1c17578229025d06a20f2cf9/janame.pdf
    • http://arch-teh.com/pic/userfile/28794733394.pdf
    • http://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/47412674853.pdf
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/davebalenewetileraxuwag.pdf
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804d9e1d1b0---zemififeniwanabiterad.pdf
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae02f7524de---wezutosezimapiz.pdf
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cd7059a45---52905220870.pdf
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09c248b5cfc03311acb821fb031414b9/jodor.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=where+can+you+watch+the+movie+venom
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012443.bin
7bc71528a9f1e3ebfb1e9e593110b12c5efa387031d7eea89d42c3a4a321f83d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12443 10640 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013c83.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C83 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015495.bin
944e259d55fdc7394f0845c1a64a825bffed1295405822fd50535ab6ed7981a1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15495 18344 bytes